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Tuesday, April 7, 2015

I have been wanting to put up shelves above my toilet for years now but just never had the time.

I got the idea for my shelves from one of my favorite blogs EllaClairinspired she is so talented. I love everything she does. She just recently did some shelves in her bathroom and I just fell in love. Go check out her blog!

Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Well Easter is nearly here! I love Easter! These simple DIY speckled eggs are sure to bring the spring feeling into any home.

Below I mixed my hand painted eggs with some I eggs bought last year in a wire basket.

I bought these eggs at my local craft store. This is how they looked at first.
All I did was get a few craft paints I liked.
I chose Robin Egg Blue and a Seafoam Green.
I painted my eggs, give them a good 2 or 3 coats.
Let them dry.

Next you will be adding the speckles. Then get some brown pint and an old tooth brush.

I used a little plastic cup added a bit of water and some brown paint and dipped my toothbrush in the paint water mixture and ran my thumb so the bristles would splatter the eggs with spots. the brush will drop so don't put it right over your egg.

gently rotate your egg until it is to your liking and be careful not to smudge your speckles.

Thursday, March 26, 2015

Well it's getting so close to Easter! I LOVE Easter!! It is one of my favorite holidays. All the new baby animals and new growth outside....we just bought some baby chicks and they have been loving the warm weather.

I love to get free pintables from Pinterest. This is one I got this year. (I made the picture frame)

Monday, March 2, 2015

Happy March! Our weather the past few months has been a little confused. It looks like January outside my house right now. Last moth it looked like April. I am so done with the cold weather. I don't mind the snow, just hate the cold. But I made it thru my most un-favorite months. January and February. Now I am ready for tulips, sunshine, warn weather and sandals. But until that happens I will just have to stay inside and pretend its warm outside :)

Clover Banner

book pages

hearts cut in green paper

gold paint

pencil

string

I used 4 hearts folded in half and glued to the paper on one side so they would have a 3D effect. Use the pencil eraser to make the gold dots.

Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Ok, I have been a real slacker on my blog the past few months. I have just been spending time with my little ones. And painting the ceilings white in most of my upstairs. I hate painting ceilings but it makes a huge difference in the brightness of each space. It is not very exciting so I haven't shared it on my blog.

I have been keeping an eye out for some cute inexpensive succulents in jar to put in my home. Well they don't exist! for cheep anyway. some I saw at Joann's for $14.99 or $9.99 for these tiny jars with one succulent in it. Whaaaaaat? That's just crazy. So I went on a hunt to make my own.

These are super simple and take like 5 minutes total!

This is what you will need and where you can buy each item.

Pliers

Succulents: Joanns (these babies are pricey so I use a 40% OFF coupon) some can be as much as $9.99 for one large succulent.

Mine had 6 small succulents for $3.99 the other was $5.99(both with a $40% coupon) for the larger 3.

Glass jars: I bought mine for $1 at the dollar store.

Small white rocks: the white rocks are from the dollar store.

Small multi-colored rocks: Joanns, $2.09 for the bag

Green moss- Joanns $2.79

When you plant "real" succulents you need some drainage like moss or rocks at the bottom of the jar. I wanted mine to look as "real" as possible so I did the same layering affect.

Start with any of the rocks or the moss, place a small layer down and then do another layer of a different rock. I did some starting white first some I did moss first. it doesn't matter just change it up. layer then cut the succulents the size you need to shove into your layers and stay in place.

That is it! This whole project cost me under $14.00 for the three jars!!

Tuesday, January 27, 2015

I just finished the gallery wall in my youngest sons room this week. This is how it turned out all finished. (except for updated pictures of my son)

I am in the process of painting his night stand grey and dresser cream with wood tops. I will show those another time. I have had a heck of a time finding some bedding I like. (I might have to make my own).

I made this arrow sign.

I wanted to incorporate his name some where but couldn't find any letters I liked, so I made my own.